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Rose won't be on Bulls bench often

After a recent practice at the Berto Center, Derrick Rose had a long talk with Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau. His teammates consistently talk about seeing Rose working hard to rehabilitate his left knee after surgery in May to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament.

However, having him sit on the bench during games likely won't happen often, if at all. Though by all accounts Rose's rehab is progressing well, taking the chance of having action spill into him while sitting is an unnecessary risk.

"He may," Thibodeau said when asked if Rose will sit on the bench. "It depends on what's going to serve us best. He's usually doing rehab during the games, so I want that to be the focus.

"He may travel some. He may not. If it better serves us to have him here or someplace doing rehab, we'll do that."

There is talk Rose could return to his offseason home in Santa Monica, Calif., for rehab work. The Bulls have made it clear they won't be giving daily updates on Rose.

"He's around the team plenty," Thibodeau said. "We see him and he's working extremely hard, so he's giving all that he can give at this time. At some point, he'll rejoin us and we'll move on from there."

Makes sense. I trust Rose and company to do what's best for him and the team. I don't think seeing him on the bench really does much for the rest of the team and is more fan service than anything. Not necessary in my eyes.

Get him on track to where he needs to be health wise and then he can play and be on the bench for real in a few months.

Sitting at the far end of the bench puts him at zero risk. Get his *** on the bench.

yes,but by the same token being there doesnt help his recovery either

ijured players on the sideline to cheer on teammates,ect. is so overrated .just a concoction to placate fans who see althetes as not caring enough(but funny thing is it doesnt really help towards that end either,fans still feel that way anyway).so there's really no need for it